Actionscript - Flex mobile - thread while loading data?

[Kobydo2]

I am using Flash builder actionscript 3 Flex mobile. I have a very heavy function that loads data from the local device and creates many graphic elements. While this function runs, the device freezes for 6 seconds or so. I want to show a progress bar and let the device continue working, is there any way I can use threading to do this ? Other ideas are also welcome.

Thanks, Koby.

[sinious]

Is it the size of the data you're loading (if so have you tried URLStream? or HTTPService with AsyncToken?) and if it's not just a single heavy data load and is the entire operation of loading plus performing the operations on the loaded data then you'll need to consider breaking up those operations into chunks to give the user some feedback.